Print version: Du Bois, W. E. B. Philadelphia negro : a social study. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2007] xxx 315 pages Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois ISBN 9780199957958
Originally published: Philadelphia : The University, 1899, in series: Publications of the University of Pennsylvania. Series in political economy and public law. With new introd
Includes bibliographical references and index
The scope of this study -- The problem -- The Negro in Philadelphia, 1638-1820 -- The Negro in Philadelphia, 1820-1896 -- The size, age and sex of the Negro population -- Conjugal condition -- Sources of the Negro population -- Education and illiteracy -- The occupations of Negroes -- The health of Negroes -- The Negro family -- The organized life of Negroes -- The Negro criminal -- Pauperism and alcoholism -- The environment of the Negro -- The contact of the races -- Negro suffrage -- A final word.